nedelja, 28. oktober 2012

Quinoa with fruit and coconut / Kvinoja s sadjem in kokosom

Here I am! Yes, after months of thinking, joyful expectations, capturing inspiration and God knows what else, the time has come to start my blog. This blog is something that I really want to do and I want to do it from my heart. Only recently I discovered a passion for cooking, but a passion for food lives in me a long time. If you would take my cell phone to secretly peek at the photo gallery, you would think that I'm crazy. On most photos you would see food! Whenever I eat out, I shoot that beautifuly served dish but not only these dishes, homemade ones too. I can not explain, but the food represents something beautiful to me. So I decided that I would look into it and changed the approach of my obsession. Photographing dishes from restaurants with a cell phone is not enough. And so I started searching interesting recipes, stopped reheating food and actually for the first time in my life really started to cook. I do not know if I ever enjoyed in something so much as I enjoy creating in the kitchen and don't even get me started about shooting finished dishes! This is just my world, where no one else is needed.

So the first recipe, which I will share with you, is for breakfast. I've never eaten quinoa ... until now. It's this recipe's fault that now I eat it almost every day for breakfast. When you read a little about this ancient grain (well, we use it as a grain, even though it's actually a seed) from Peru, you just know that it would be wise to eat it every day. It has a low glycemic index, it contains all the essential amino acids and is therefore a complete protein. It is easier to digest than meat protein and contains much less fat than meat. It does not contain gluten, so it is ideal for those who have celiac disease. Quinoa is against predators and diseases naturally protected by saponins, so it is very important that you wash it in the strainer before use.

The first time I followed the recipe exactly, but later I changed it a little. Instead of coconut milk, I add a teaspoon of molasses. Molasses is a viscous by-product of the beating of sugarcane and is full of iron, calcium, magnesium, copper and vitamins B. The look of molasses reminds me of oil, Ha ! Quinoa itself is not exactly a pleasant taste, so we have to improve it ourself. I always add sliced ​​fruit, the one that I have at home at that time, soaked flax seed and nuts. For me, this is the perfect breakfast, very nutritious and a little different.

With love, Neja

Ingredients

1 cup quinoa ( white)

1/2 cup water

1 1/2 cup coconut milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Blueberries

Raspberries

Walnut

The process

In a mesh sieve, rinse quinoa until water runs clear.

In a saucepan combine quinoa, water, coconut milk, vanilla and cinnamon and bring to a boil.

Turn the heat down, cover and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until all the liquid has been absorbed.